2023: Just like Abiola-Kingibe, Tinubu-Shettima is a Winning Ticket – Adamu
By Kabir Akintayo
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has said the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of the party is a decision that will lead the APC to victory in next year’s election.
He said this at the unveiling ceremony of the former Borno state governor in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The unveiling of the vice-presidential candidate today sends out a strong signal to the country that our great party is ready and united around the common cause of coasting home with victory at every level in 2023. But we must not be unmindful of the hurdles ahead. It is time to purge ourselves of the bitterness arising from our individual losses in the party primaries. It is time to submit ourselves to the Will of God and the party and do nothing to sabotage its well-laid plans for victory.
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“The other political parties want what we want, and that is, to win and form the next government. If by any acts of omission or commission we give in to bitterness and pettiness or fail to see the larger picture or take any of the political parties for granted, we would constitute an obstacle to the victory of our party. As the faithful would like to say, that will not be our portion. Our winning strategy must be anchored on unity of purpose,” he said.
Adamu added that history is about to repeat itself since the country also had a Muslim-Muslim victorious ticket in 1993.
“The1993 presidential ticket and the current one bridged one of our fault lines in the management of our diversity. Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for that ticket because they trusted Abiola, a man who opened his arms to every tribe and religion in the country, to run an inclusive government in which no man or woman would be denied his or rights as a Nigerian citizen by the profession of his faith,” he said.
Adamu who applauded the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for choosing Shettima said, he was a man of wisdom who consulted widely with party stakeholders before making his choice.
“Senator Shettima brings to the joint ticket impressive antecedents as a political leader and administrator. Senator Tinubu could not have made a better choice of a running mate. He chose a man he believes can partner with him to undertake the urgent task of our economic recovery as well as social and political development in peace and security,” Adamu said.
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